President Heidar addresses the United Nations General Assembly
Judge Tomas Heidar, President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, addressed the plenary of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly yesterday during its consideration of agenda item 75(a) “Oceans and the law of the sea”.
Order in The M/T "Heroic Idun" (No. 2) Case (Marshall Islands/Equatorial Guinea)
By Order of 16 November 2023, the President of the Special Chamber, Judge Albert Hoffmann, has extended the time-limit for the submission of the Memorial of the Marshall Islands to 18 December 2023.
On 4 October 2023, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea reconstituted its chambers during its fifty-sixth administrative session which is currently being held in Hamburg.
Judge Heidar elected as President of the Tribunal and Judge Chadha as Vice-President
Judge Heidar (Iceland) was elected today by the members of the Tribunal as President and Judge Chadha (India) as Vice-President for the period 2023–2026. The election took place during the fifty-sixth administrative session of the Tribunal.